Agriculture Industry Action Plan

The Agriculture IAP is the first of its kind in NSW and has been developed by industry and the NSW Government to drive continued growth of our primary industries sector and to support growth of jobs in rural and regional areas.

The Government's response outlined in the IAP has supported a wide range of recommendations made by the Agriculture Industry Action Plan Taskforce, chaired by livestock industry leader, Lucinda Corrigan.

Underpinned by the NSW economic Development Framework, the IAP has been a priority action under NSW 2021 and joins a series of IAP's completed, including: the Visitor Economy; Digital Economy; International Education & Research; Manufacturing; Professional Services; Creative Industries; and Mining - currently being developed.

The NSW Government's Agriculture Industry Action Plan is a strategic roadmap to ensure the continued growth of the State’s $12 billion primary industries sector.

Agriculture Industry Action Plan Issues paper

In July 2013, the Agriculture IAP Taskforce released the Agriculture Industry Action Plan Issues paper for public comment. This paper outlined the challenges and opportunities for the agriculture sector in NSW over the next 10 years. During the public consultation period, 44 submissions were received from industry stakeholders, ranging from individuals through to major industry representative bodies. These submissions have provided the taskforce with the ideas and actions that will enable the industry to grow.

In March 2014, the Agriculture IAP Taskforce released theAgriculture Industry Action Plan - Draft taskforce recommendations to Government for public comment. Based on feedback from the consultation with stakeholders, the Taskforce recommendations were finalised in July 2014 and presented to Government for consideration. The Taskforce recommendations paper outlined the actions for both industry and government to address the challenges and opportunities for the agriculture sector over the next 10 years.